Basil Sandhurst

Basil Sandhurst (born 19 May 1959) is an American businessman who was an operative of the Advanced Idea Mechanics (AIM) group. Sandhurst was the progenitor of mind-control technology, although he was not funded by Stark Industries, so he decided to instead work for their rival, AIM, against them. They captured a Stark Industries prototype flying carrier that crashed in the Arctic, but he was thwarted in his attempt to capture it.

Biography
Basil Sandhurst was born in Kittery Point, Maine, and became an electro-magnetical research scientist. His obsession with control got him barred from many research facilities, and he became a man prone to fits of rage. His brother accidentally triggered a lab explosion while attempting to calm him, leaving Basil crippled. He was fitted with a super-strong exoskeleton to keep him alive, and he invented a mind-control device.

Sandhurst marketed his software to Stark Industries, but owner Tony Stark refused to fund him. In response, Sandhurst instead worked for the Advanced Idea Mechanics (A.I.M), and in 2009 they attempted to steal a crashed helicarrier (that Stark Industries invented) from the Arctic. Sandhurst and an army of A.I.M. operatives guarded the helicarrier, but Stark, wearing a suit of power armor called "Iron Man", defeated the A.I.M. mercenaries and was able to destroy stolen equipment. Sandhurst used his rudimentary mind control skills to attempt to stop Stark from approaching him, but he failed and Stark destroyed all of his equipment.